Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 36]

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a ee. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1946

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Frank a Gillespie i seeiuas. Pe sisi vecc cst Managing Editor KE Di i ORIA: { PA(: E, | BE ~py DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
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| are? > oe This writer's allegiance to the Democratic party, since the
Sete OL TERRY Editor |: ~a ~~~ E rise of Roosevelt, is a matter of record, a record of ~ he; ~; + ke 2) ~SES: q &; 2 exceedingly proud. But through the year we have advocate
Thomas Bolden................ Advertising and Business Manager | THEY LL WEWER pir By Elon Fax| SEN ENCE SERMONS personality votiag and allegiance, rather than party loyalties.: i: Arn Ee gts = aa ee HG I am terribly afraid that when Roosevelt passed on, my_
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RETURNING IMMEDIATE~; world round but getting our to here properly is where most

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The door of entrance to life -is the same to all the whole the staunchest Democratic fans these nearly 20 years, I must
confess that the landslide of the Republicans brought naught of

be no moaning at the bar, as the Democrats put out to sea.

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a oe ~~~ 7 oe Rae TEATRO AT | nr fall down. dismay to me. ~For some weeks I have been hinting that with
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<I Ain~t Done Nothing And I Ain~t Saying Nothing

According to reports coming out of Washington the cap
tion of this editorial ~~] Aint Done Nothing And I Ain't Saying.

Nothing,~ was made by the notorious race hating ~Senator
_ Bilbo of Mississippi, whose recent election was secured as the
result of intimidation of 49.3 per cent of the citizens of the
state which he represents. [It seems that the Republican Party in its newly. gained power has decided to make the Senator's
ea an issue in the preponderantly Republican-controlled
enate. iE

To this paper, the Republican Party has the finest opportunity to act in the interest of common decency in public office. The Senator is being accused of having used Hitlerian
methods in securing his election, by urging ~~po~ white-foke~~

-to ~keep ~n.....~" from voting in Mississippi. The Senator
is also accused of being guilty of gross corruption in his acceptance of large sums of money, amounting to more than one hundred thousand dollars, from firms and individuals doing business with the government. In fact, the evidence clearly reveals that many of these contracts were secured for these firms
through the use of his senatorial office. Bilbo ought to go,
-fifteen million black Americans join the chorus ~Bilbo must
go."~. The libera forces of America join with these millions and
say Bilbo must go. But we are actually not so naive as to believe that the Republican Party has the courage necessary to rid
the Senate of this monstrous evil by denying him his seat.

- The Republicans in the Senate when they were.a minority

PROVOST JUDGE OF
SAN PABLO IN THe
PHILIPPINES

R VIEW

Ry GEORGE F. McCRAY

{FREE ENTERPRISE SHOULD MEAN
'EQUALITY FOR NEGRO WORKERS

Soon we shall hear a lot about the American system of
free enterprise. Republican orators with an eye on the 1948
elections will describe their system of free enterprise in the most
glowing and sacred terms. We shall be told what free enterprise is, why and what must be done to protect. it from trade
union abuses. ~.

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If the country is not to be stampeded into unwise action,
a more realistic definition of free enterprise is sorely needed.
As interpreted by the most obvious spokesmen for business,
free enterprise is little more than a device which selfish interests use to trick the American people into granting them special privileges. As a result of this situation the average ~workingman starts looking for the nearest exit when the boys start
shedding tears for dear old free enterprise. He knows the gun
is loaded against him.

Yet the basic ideas of free enterprise lie at the very heart of

Living is an art. most: men

dens made heavier to bear. -

ga:ion to our Maker, be prope
and loose, but you and } must
odds and abuse.:

to be the very best each.of us c

less peddlers of poisonous sting

strife. ~

learn too late and their own

green-eyed sellishness blinds them against -ill-fate.

The individuals who scheme and fight to get more than Americans. ~With Bilbo as
~jfe~s chare add stress and strain to other folks and their bur-|

When you try to evade your brother when there is something with him you should share, a day will come to you in like positions in the national set up; and we have had. cause of great
manner when you will feel you have been treated unfair. ~

~Our lives being potential monuments each of us are required to build, demands the very best that is:in us if this our obli
rly fulfilled.

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Animals come into this world scrambling only to be free

struggle atid

build. despite the

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Every man and woman must furnish somé part of this
world~s beauty and splender, and to glorify God, it will have

an render.:

The world already has plenty of objects and an abundance
of beautiful things, but it needs more dispensers of honey and

s.

Our nation ~has plenty of srnart men and women, leaders
in all walks of life; but to bring the standard up where God
wants it, demands more love for Him, for humanity, and less

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THE WAY OF

(Reprinted from Toledo Blade
November 8)

By Grove Patterson

In war or peace, America~s
mumber one problem concerns
the relationship between white
and Negro citizens in this. republic. Thirteen millions, 10 per
cent of the total population, of
the United States, are Negroes.

THE WORLD

the most concerned artd most
deeply interested are the fields
of cultural. equality and _ economic equality. The first objéctive has been attained. In the
world of books, poetry, music,
religion, science, Negroes have
attained top rank. Certainly
there is no question of ~inequality~ there. In the economic field,

But when you help to pull up folks who can~t help them- | Dewey was right when he said it is time for a change; and the
selves you put a lot of fine things on your own worthy shelves. | people knew it, and acted accordingly. ~

~It will be worth everything to the pride of the nation to
have Bilbo and his ilk removed from the nostrils of decent ~
~Mayor of Wasnington~~ the country had foisted upon it a major humiliation, that was reflected
in the uttermost parts of the earth. That we are going to have
some relief is an inspiring hope. Under Truman we have seen
smaller and smaller calibre of men hurtled into the higher

chagrin at the number of little men who have gravitated into

~big places. The Republicans can do no worse!

If the country goes to the dogs under the Republicans, it
will not have far to go; for statesmanship in this country has deteriorated in a most alarming manner. The repudiation of the
Democrats is a Itting reward for those Republicans ~wno have
persisted in ~playing ball~ with the Democrats in every instance where the Negroes~ graver interests centered. It would |
be worth much to the countty to know that our political sins-as
others-will ohiveately find us out. The brilliant administration so
signally planned by Roosevelt has been allowed to pass into
unworthy hands and the political morale among Democrats is
at its lowest ebb.

~ After all, the Democratic party weighed in tne balance
without the mighty Roosevelt is found wanting and nobody
knows it better than this writer who acknowledge that he was
bound to Roosevelt and not to the Democratic party. ~
~And how come ecomiums.to those Negroes who stood
true to the Republican standards. In their firm stand they have
put the Republican party under obligations to them. The turn
of the elections is one of the finest vindications for those who
advocate split yoting among Negroes. It is not going to be a
good thing, as it has never been a good thing for the Negro to
allow himself to be politically herded at elections.

_ There~is one thing the Democratic party did under Roosevelt that ~should be a cue to the Republicans and that is, tne
Democratic party was the first major party in the history of
the country to put a value on the Negro vote. Hitherto the
Republicans took the Negro vote for granted and the Negro
in turn took the party's good intentions for granted and

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the average American's thinking on political and economic
questions. Of course the free enterprise system believed in by
the average American is not a device for securing unlimited

the field of industry. the Ne-| thereforé set any worthwhile estimate on their voting strength... eet Var
gro~ workingman and working the

ily have we failed tv ee Te ~
ke ee pesca The net result was there was-no. special recognition of: egr
woman have by no means ach-|as a voting éntity~and therefore no official~ recognition aside...~

make proper progress toward
the solution of the race prob
had too close an alignment with Senator Bilbo. They used
him too often to frustrate and defeat liberal measures that

- would have been beneficial to the masses of the people. Now
we are predicting, without prophetic knowledge, that his right
to the seat will be challenged and the Republicans will fight
a sham battle, then ultimately find that there is not sufficient
grounds upon which to deny him his seat. This is dangerous
newspaper prophesy, but we are bold in prophecying. Bilbo
must go, but will not go because he ~Ain't Done Nothing and
He Ain't Saying Nothing,~ and the Republicans will not have
the moral courage to deny him his seat. Selah.

The Shane of Things As They Are

By LAYOU

the adoption of a FEPC which
was placed upon the ballot thru
the enlightened system of the
initiative and the referendum.
This is indeed a blow to those
who feel that a national FEPC
is rrecessary. We wonder how the
newly-elected' senator from California will vote when a FEPC
bill is presented in congress.

BUFFALO, N. Y. ~-APNS ~

' Thirty ~ eight
won elections to high public
office. Twerty three Republicans and ~fifteen Democrats. In
our own state of New York
one Congressman, and ~ four
members of the General. Assem_ bly, with perhaps a fifth to be
determined by a recount in the
17 A. D. State Assembly, where
Msude Richardson is rurning
behind John Walsh by fifteen
votes. Mrs. Richardsof claims
she was elected by a majdrity
of 23 votes. This is indeed gratifying and~ shows what can be
done, if the Negroes would unite their political fortunes pbehind qualified members of their

Negroes have

The African Methodist Episcopal Chutch goes on trial at [ittle Rock, on Wednesday, November 20th. In an extra session of
the General Conference to determine whether some of the bis?:ops will be a law unto themselves or whether the church
law rules and governs everybody in it. We urge the good

race. Buffalo is -far, far, be-| brethren of the cloth to be in
a and necds to be awaken-| Little Rock, but leave your. leted.

hal weapons outside the church,
for tempers are going to rise
and bitter canflicts will ensu>.
If all the delegates go unarmed,
nobody will be shot.

Some people seem to be treubled about what has beef said in
the editorial columns of _ this
paper, with regard to the local
taverns. We are frank to confess!
we have no prejudices against
any particular place. But we
shall spare mo one whose place | Sac Woodard. Negro beaters aud
is runvindecently and corruptly. ~yY~ gougers must all stand toOur youths must not be destroy-| gether. No one should have ex
ed by these tavern keepers who | pected any other kind of verdict.
think more of our children~s
money than they do of their | VUUIIIINTIIGIHUIIIIIIE

morals. The law _ states. that Star Poultry

young people shall not be serv-!
Market

ed intoxicating beverages in
_ these places and Mr.
WE SPECIALIZE IN FRESH
FISH AT ALL TIMES!

We notice that the southern
jury has freed the police officer
who gouged out the eyes of Is
Tavern |
keeper they must not be served. re

If the election has doné no
food other than to remove Bilbo as the mayor of Washington, D.C. it will certainly have
served a good purpose. This man
Bilbo has carried his southern
prejudices too far im operating

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profits and spreading risk and insecutity throughout the whole
nation. Americans white and black believe in a free enterprise system which will equalize competition between employers and between management and labor. These Aniericans believe also that their fellow working stiffs should have the right
to do. as well as they can for themselves and their families,without having to shoulder unnecessary burdens and restrictions
impose:| by other individuals or by the government itself.

To eualize competition and to prevent unfair trade practices, the country has enacted and maintains some of the most
sweeping anti-trust laws to be found anywhere in the world.

the National Broadcasting Company, and Standard Oil, have
been forced threugh federal prosecution to share a part of the
market with their-competitors.

In a similar manner the government has sought to equalise competition between workers and their employers by pro'tecting the right of workers to bargain collectively through rep'resentatives of theif own choosing. This is the fundamental
purpose of the Wagner Labor Relations act. Also in the name

of free enterprise, the price of farm produce is guaranteed by |

the United States government through the Commodity Credit
|administration. - _

But free enterprise like democracy contains much that is
pure sham and hypocrisy in the dear old U.S. Over a score of
)}trade unions in the country who demand that their collective
bargaining rights be protected do not hesitate to deny the benefit of collective bargaining to millions of Negro workers. Employers who prate about the ~right to work,~ who preach that
every American citizen should have the right to earn the high
' strictions, don~t hesitate to discriminate against Negroes, Jews
and others on grounds of race, nationality, religion or creed.: If free enterprise is to stand up in competition with communism and socialism it must be taken out of the realm of special privilege and made truly democratic. A fair employment
practices act supported by business in the name of free enterprise would do wonders for American political and economic
democracy. It certainly would help to reestablish free enterprise as a vital moral force in the United States.

OPENINGS NOW son inen

WITH THIS ARMY TRAINING!

If you are 18 to 34 inclusive.

MOS

and were discharged from the

Army, Navy, Marines or Coast 067 Dental Laboratory Tech

Guard on or after May 12, 1945, | 149 Pharmacist

ang had served for six or more 264 X-Ray Technician
months in any of certain spe- 319 Construction Equipment Mechanic
cialties, you may enlist now in 366 Orthopedic Mechanic

the Army directly into certain 528 Airplane Hydraulic Mechanic
non-commissioned grades. In 555 Airplane Sheet Metal Worker
addition to those specialties bos Phare Clerk

listed here, there are many meer gear ea

more for which you may be Gunsight
qualified, and which will 2am sag teint ges %

you the new higher Army pay ~ eimai bisa a

and many other enlistment Airplane Instrument Mechanic
advantages. Get all the facts:

at your nearest U. S. Army
Recruiting Station. \

FOR yYyotl

A GOOD!08B

Ss. Army

-|ed by prejudice,

Large business units like the Pullman Company the A & P and.

est possible standard of living for himself without artificial re-.

jall fields of worthy human er
lem, but we have even been
afraid to talk much about it
publicly. Through the years. it.
has beer, and is now, one of
those hush-hush problems which
has grown large and ugly, nursneeding, bu~
rarely getting, the light of calm
and courageous public discussion in newspaper editorials or
elsewhere.

I believe the time has come
for Americans of both races
to face this problem, unafraid
and with complete frankrvess.
In my opinion the time has
come to analyze the prcblem
and to find out what it is and
what it is not.

The few who do come out in
the open and attempt to get
somewhere with the guestion,
invariably put the soft ~lal.
on. social equality. They are|
particularly afraid of social
equality, and so they pretend
that it is not an important idea.
As a matter of fact it is a very
important idea. Naturally, if social equality is the aim of either race, intermarriage is the ultimate - goal.

I have observed that the quick
and usual assumption of most
white people who talk apout
the matter is that colored peoPle desire this so-called s%cial
equality, with intermarriage between the races as an easy
Possibility. Right there, it s~ems
to us, comes the major error in
the approach of the rac2 prob
of opirion, indeed the overwhelming qpinion, of American
Negro citizens is against
8rowth of social mingling of
races with resultant intermarriage. The majority opinion of
the white race is against the
same thing.
There will always be race
prid2 in this world, even if the
happy day should come wha
there will not be: race prejudice. More and more, all
thoughtful cqglored men and women are conscious of a growing
pride of race, or the achieveMments of their own people. in

deaycr. The trend is not toward
a different and undesired social
pellicy, leading ~ultimately to intermarriage, but toward a great
lem. The fact is the mujority |~

any ||

ieved the position which they
seek. The amount of employment which they erjoy today,
in proportion to their 10 per
cent a@f the population of the
country, is now. far greater
than usual. But this is a period
when jobs are fairly plentiful.
Facing the facts, as I am_ seeking to do, I do not believe there
has been a great charge in the
attitude of industrial Ownership. If the colored worker
makes very good indeed, if he
definitely delivers superior ~service, he may see the. beginning
of a policy of greater employment and: more thorough consideration for~ advancement ort
the part of industrial management. This is. the objective
which thoughtful men and wo-'
men of both races have in mind
and this is the objective which
conceivably can be reached, ~

Ir summary, I bezieve the
Negro leadership in America
has as much pride of rave as
the white man. Negroes do not
look with any more favor on
this ~social equality,~ with resultant intermarriage, than do
other, Americans, Cultural equality has been ateained. E-onomic equality is being earned.:

Religious
Editroial

EET SS LET
REV. W. N. FIELDS
Fostoria, Ohio
ENLISTMENT FOR LIFE
(Religious Editorial, Rev. W.
N. Fields, Fostoria, Ohio
Aur commitment to the world
mission of Christianity must be

for life it is an age-long campaign in which we are engaged.

In that campaign, striking

~| ations includes geneial practi
'from.a political plum here and there for a Negro political big
shot. Tne Democrats have changed this and henceforth the
reg
~~ =Under Roosevelt the Negro was trained to expect something and henceforth the Negro wants something besides a
chance to vote. He wants official recognition and what is more
he wants something done for the Negro masses who are ever -
on the margin of existence. Intelligent Negroes do not expect
any special dispensation but they do expect to share the Ameri
can dispensation for better or worse. He nas always shared it
for the ~~worst~~ but he expects also to share it for the ~better
henceworth. -

Here is hoping by a Roosevelt Democrat that the Repub.
lican party may, carry on in a big way and show the small fry
Democrats how to run a mighty nation. On the other hand if
the reigning Republicans attempt to set back into submission
to tne infamous exploitation of designing politicians and capjtalists, trouble of the most serious nature lies immediately

ahead,

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Noctors Organize for Group

Work Under Health Plan

New York, Nov. 11 ~CCNS~/ will eventually cover every emMarking a. development that| ployed persons in New York
may bring important changes in| who earns less than $5,000 a
the practice of medicine here,| year.

37.doctors have opened offices} The plan provices medical
for group practice, the first to| care or a pre-payment basis,
do sO in Manhattan under the the cost being: 56 cents a week

stimulus of the Health Insur- for individuals and $1.68 for
ance Fund of ~Greater New| families. ao
York. Each member of a _ group

practice firm will -be in attendance at specified times, General. practitioners will be dn duty
at all times as well as surgeons, pediatricians and obstetricians. One.member of the
group will act as the patient~s
personal physician directing
him to others as their services
are indicated. an

Fees paid to the group will:
be divided among the doctors
under a point

It is believed that scores. of
such partnerships will be formed for group practice when the
health Insurance plan goes into effect January 1. Fifteen are
already understood to have organized. |

The first: group to begin oper
tioners and ~specialists in all
Tecognized fields.~

The insurance plan will start
upwards df 100,000 subscribers

mount of time he devotes to
and..jits proponents believe it

the group practice.

Christ is far from dominant;; ~ Cut Pastere

in the world~s life, yet never) % the years since 1920 more than

has He been so widely influen-| % million acres of crop land and:; many million acres of pasture land

tial as in the pass 3. decades. | have been released from production

The campaign must be cortinu- of feed for horses and mules and
made available for production for

ed and pressed.

The age into which we are
moving demands as never before the world-wide spread of
the gospel and the daring endeavor of christians to make
that gospel effective in every
realm of life.

Jesus did say in Matt. 24:14,

the market. The land released from __
the growing of feed for work ank
mals in this: ~suff,

ant: political administration must ~~talk turkey~~ to Negroes. ~

U.
f CHOOSE THIS

3 FINE PROFE SSIOM NOW!

~ Bring both your discharge certifiecte and your occupational history
(W.0.A.G.O. Form 100 ~ Report of
eral Reserve System were govern- Separation).

Progress has been made in the| ~And this Gaqspel of the Kinglast thirty years, accordimg to|dom shall be preached im all
our missionary~s report. This}the world, for a wirness unto

By 1942 more than half of the assets of member banks of the Fed
the affairs of the District of Columbia.

er solidarity of the Negro race.

The two objectives in which

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